World leaders including Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi met in a virtual summit of Eurasian leaders hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The one-day online gathering of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization marks the first time that Putin has appeared on the world stage in an international summit since he diffused an armed rebellion by the Wagner mercenary group late last month – widely seen as the most significant threat to his power the autocrat had faced.
Unity or division? Peace or Conflict? Cooperation or confrontation?” Xi said, calling instead for “win-win” cooperation. “We need to strengthen strategic communication and coordination … We must formulate foreign policies independently based on the overall and long-term interests of the region, and firmly hold the future and destiny of our country’s development and progress in our own hands,” he said, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua.
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